Filing-cabinet.



A. G. PETSOHE.

FILING CABINET; APPLICATION FILED APR. 11, 1912.

Patented Nov. 4, 1913.

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FILING-CABINET.

Specification of Letters Tratent.

Patented Nov. 4,1913.

Application filed April 11, 1912. Serial No. 690,022.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, AUGUST C. Pnrsorrn, a citizen of Germany, and a resident of Yonkers, county of lVestchester, and State. of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Filing-Cabinets, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a plan view of a filing cabinet, constructed according to my invention; Fig. 2 is an elevation of one of the partitions; Fig. 3 is a similar view to Fig. 2 showing a modified construction of the partitions; Fig. l is a view, similar to Fig. 1, showing a modified construction of the details of the cabinet; and Fig. 5 an enlarged sectional view on line 55 in Fig. 3.

My invention relates to filing cabinets and its object is to so construct such acabinet as to utilize the entire interior space and yet hold the objects, filed therein, such as plates, cards, records, etc., separate from each other, so that any one may be removed and again replaced, without disturbing any of the others. This object is accomplished by setting therein partitions approximately equi-distantly from each other, to divide the cabinet into compartments, wherein cards, records, plates, etc., may be filed, and by recessing the partitions, and providing them with means for holding, in their recesses, cards, records, plates, etc., of smaller dimensions. By this arrangement filing space is provided in the cabinet, in the compartments formed by the partitions, and also the space, occupied by the partitions, is utilized for the same purpose. It is thus made feasible to file such records, plates, cards, etc., within the entire interior space of the cabinet. The holding capacity of the cabinet is thereby practically duplicated, while the advantage of separately supporting or keeping each of the records, plates, cards, etc., is retained.

A filing cabinet, constructed according to my invention, is made essentially of a casing 1, having interiorly the grooves 5 arranged approximately equi-distantly from each other, and of the recessed partitions 4 fitted, and which maybe permanently secured therein. For the setting and holding of the partitions in place, grooved liner plates 2, as shown in A, may be atfixed, in a suitable manner, to the side walls 1, and a similarly grooved liner plate may be set in the bottom of the casing. WVhen used these lining plates are arranged to have their grooves in alinement, and then when the partitions 4 are inserted therein, their outer edges engage in the grooves 5 of the liner plates, and are thereby held in their position the same as when the grooves 5 are cut in the walls of the casing. The partitions 4 are recessed and the edges of their recesses 3, grooved, to permit cards, plates, records, etc., to be filed therein; the edges 9 of the grooves 6 serving for holding them in place, but other means, as for instance, rims, or small plates 7, affixed to the partitions, as shown in Figs. 3 and 5, may be used instead. Thus the cards, plates, records, etc., filed in the spaces between the partitions, are held in their places by the partitions l, and the ones, filedin the recessed portions of the partitions, are held in the grooves 6, or by the plates 7, attached to the partitions, or by other suitable means. Being thus held, the plates, records, etc., do not come in contact with each other, and any of them may be removed and replaced without disturbing or coming in contact with those next adjoining.

The drawings illustrate an example of such cabinet, constructed according to my invention, for the filing of phonograph records. These records are usually made in two sizes, and the cabinet, shown in the drawing, is constructed to enable the records of the larger size to be filed in the spaces between the partitions and the records of the smaller size in the recesses provided in the partitions. To this end the recesses in the partitions are somewhat smaller than the size of the records and the edges of the recesses grooved, as shown in Fig. 1, to enable the records to be set and held therein. Such a filing cabinet may be made of any suitable material, shape, proportion or design; therefore, I do not limit myself to any particular material or form, and claim as my invention and desire to protect by Letters Patent:

1. A filing cabinet, comprising a casing, recessed partitions set in the casing, approximately equi-distant from each other and dividing the casing into approximately equal filing compartments, and means on the partitions for holding phonographic disks and the like objects in the recesses of the partitions, substantially as herein shown and described whereby the space between the partitions, and also the space occupied by the partitions, are utilized for filing phonoand described whereby the space between the 10 graphicrecords and the like objects. partitions, and also the space occupied by 2. A filing cabinet comprising a casing, the partitions, are utilized for filing phonopartitions set in the casing; means for bold graphic records and the like objects. 5 ing the partitions approximately equi-disj tant from each other; recesses in the parti- AUGUST PETSCHE' tions and means for holding phonographic Witnesses: disks and the like objects in the recesses of ROBERT A. PIPER, the partitions, substantially as herein shown VERONICA BRAUN.

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